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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J MILLER AND MICHAEL J. MGKENNA, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

CARPET-CLEANING REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,936, dated March 2,1886.

Application fiYed December 29, mm. Serial No. 151.459. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. MILLER and MIoHAEL J. MCKENNA, citizensof the United States, residing at-Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepinand State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Carpet-Cleaning Reels, of which the following is a specification, towit:

This invention relates'to an improvement in carpet cleaners; and itconsists in certain peculiarities of the construction and operation ofthe same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, inWhich- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a transversesection,of a carpet-cleaning reel embodying my invention.

A represents a reel, such as ordinarily used in carpet-cleaningmachines, composed of' heads a a and longitudinal slatted slides a,andhas a hinged door, 0?, for the convenient Within the reel, at eachalternate corner, is secured a litter, B, composed of longitudinal bars,b, secured at each end to crosspieces b, which are bolted through thehead of the reel, as shown. Three cross-bars, b, are secured to the barsI) at suitable intervals, and the ends of these are turned down to formbolts, which pass through the corner of the reel, and are secured bynuts 0 upon the outer side. This forms a very strong wing or lifter,which catche'siand lifts the carpet as the reel revolves, and drops itagain from the top, completely clearing it of dirt in a short time, andis not liable to injure the carpet in any way.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the angular slatted reel A, of the lifting-wings Bat each alternate corner, composed of the bars I), secured at their endsto pieces 12, bolted through the heads of the reel, and havingcross-bars b", the

ends of which are reduced to form bolts,which pass through the corner,and are secured by nuts 0 on the outside, substantially as set forth. Intestimony whereof we aflix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

' SAMUEL J. MILLER.

MICHAEL J. MOKEN N A. Witnesses:

CHARLES G. VAN WERT, HENRY E. LADD.

